According to a piece published last month in the Wrap, CNN is headed for some tough times. Mark Thompson, CNN Worldwide’s chairman and chief executive, is targeting the network’s more than $50 million talent budget as part of a cost-cutting initiative, reported the site — meaning that top earners such as Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer would be in for a haircut. A CNN spokesperson told me that the report wasn’t true.
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